Nesomyrmex entabeni (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Nesomyrmex ( Formicidae ) from the subfamily Myrmicinae [1] .
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Distribution
South Africa (Western Cape, Mountain Fynbos) [1] .
Description
Head Length (HL) 0.705-0.719 mm; head width (HW) 0.502-0.570 mm; head index (CI) 70-79; scape length (SL) 0.484-0.511 mm; scapus index (SI) 89-97. Promezonotum covered with spaced hairs. Propodeum rounded without spines. The abdomen is smooth and shiny. Antennae 12-segmented with a mace of 3 segments. 5-pronged mandibles . The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed. Small soil ants (length about 3 mm) are brown in color, similar to representatives of the genus Leptothorax [1] .
Systematics
The species is included in the simoni species-group ( Formicoxenini , or Crematogastrini ). Close to the species Nesomyrmex nanniae and Nesomyrmex ruani . Representatives of the genus were previously considered as part of the genus Leptothorax . The species was first described in 2008 by African entomologists N. Mbanyana ( Nokuthula Mbanyana ) and H. Robertson ( Hamish G. Robertson ; Natural History Collections Department, Iziko South African Museum , Cape Town , South Africa ) based on materials from South Africa. The species name comes from the word entabeni , which in the language isi-Xhosa means "in the mountains" (a species found in the mountains) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Mbanyana, Nokuthula and Robertson, Hamish G. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex in southern Africa // African Natural History : Journal. - Cape Town : Iziko Museums , 2008 .-- Vol. 4. - P. 35-55. - ISSN 1816-8396 .
Literature
- Bolton B. (1982). Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 319, Nesomyrmex as a junior synonym for Leptothorax)
- Bolton B. (2003). Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. - Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 1-370.
- Kempf, WW (1959). A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Studia Entomologica (ns), 2: 391-432.